wharfie

Swear at the pollies, remembering how they were short changed by the government in WW2 - especially the infamous wharfie strike re ammunitions for the troops.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Anzac Day 2009

When the forgotten poet and wharfie Ernest Antony wrote Of the Things

Unions and the Australian Folk Revival 2007

The Telephone Tree appears in the wonderful oral history of the wharfies, "Under the Hook", by Tom Hills (a wharfie) and Wendy Lowenstein, originally published in 1982 but now reprinted in an expanded form to cover the

The Telephone Tree 1998

The TWA also known as the "Dog Licence Act", or the "Dog Collar Act" allowed for the dismissal of the wharfie work force, and their replacement by untrained, non-union workers, each of whom needed only to purchase a licence for one shilling to work on the wharves.

The Pig-Iron Song 1964

The TWA also known as the "Dog Licence Act", or the "Dog Collar Act" allowed for the dismissal of the wharfie work force, and their replacement by untrained, non-union workers, each of whom needed only to purchase a licence for one shilling to work on the wharves.

The Oath Of Eureka 1939

Of course, for the New Year's Eve bout to go ahead, Trout must first beat Melbourne wharfie Frank LoPorto in Texas on November 11.

NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

Former wharfie Mr Stubbs, 72, has been on a pension for several years.

AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

Paddy Kenneally (1916-2009) quit his job as a wharfie the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbour in

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Paddy Kenneally (1916-2009) quit his job as a wharfie the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbour in

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In 1951 he took a job as wharfie on the Adelaide waterfront.

Sydney Indymedia - Comments 2009